Dr. Vriend provides psychological services to children, adolescents, and families. She offers psycho-educational assessments for children and adolescents with possible learning disabilities, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) as well as to evaluate gifted status. Additionally, Dr. Vriend provides individual therapy to children, youth, and families experiencing difficulties including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, sleep problems, anger, interpersonal challenges, parent-child relational conflict and adjustment to parental separation and divorce

Dr. Vriend provides a warm, caring environment in order to build a collaborative relationship with children, youth and their families. Her therapeutic orientation may best be described as cognitive-behavioural (CBT), which involves understanding the relationships among thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. This approach not only helps youth to address current issues, but also increases their self-efficacy and empowers them with tools to overcome future challenges.